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alpine_saint

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Disagree completely.

 

We all know that Markus is not the kind to brag about putting £x million in trust. I've got no idea why you interpret the statement that way. On a pure commercial level, taking the analysis away from Markus, the man, it would also be folly to declare "we have £50m in trust". It would be just stupid.

 

Let's just take this at face value. Cortese wants to continue. The Liebherr family want to see his vision realised. Between them they have billions of pounds. Even if they don't want to plough money in directly we now have a stable set-up and unencumbered asset base that would be the envy of 90% of clubs.

 

The statement is 100% positive.

 

Thank you again, Markus. Thank you so much.

 

Very good summary.

 

WIFM

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Gordon Mockles

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This board is getting pretty tiresome when the only debate going on is between the same old people trying to bring up the same old arguments time and time again.

 

 

TOTALLY agree. It's why I don't bother (and threads have been dull bar HCDAJFU) and most older posters have departed. Certainly a few I know personally. Hence Saint Bobby's call for a community again. No time like the present. For Markus, For The Club...get a win Saturday and start the ball rolling!

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Ian the Red

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Excellent statement by NC - tells all Saints supporters what we needed to know that the club is safe and will continue in its quest to return to the premiership.

 

The comments about funding are all speculation - no one knows, nor are likely to know as the company that owns Saints is privatley owned. Go to companies house and gain the latest accounts, probably not available yet as the company was only formed last year. In any case Markus was a businessman and a very good one, there is no way that he would not have funded or had the funding in place for the club. The company that owns SFC will undoubtedly now belong to the family as indicated by NC.

 

Markus was a one off, he saved SFC and we are all truely sadden by his passing; but we must now get behind NC and the team to play our part in taking the club back to the premiership.

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dubai_phil

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I think we can all agree it's time for a special 'sarcasm font' to avoid confusion.

 

Still, no reason to think plans/finance have changed. Mayeb the family aren't fans in the same way, but they have motivation to help us succeed and it's hard to get involved without becoming a fan. Markus chose Cortese so I'm sure they'll trust him to keep going full steam ahead. Just hope we can get those signings sorted soon, get a win tomorrow for Markus and really get this season going.

 

Maybe it's now our job, along with the Players to make the family members into fans. Marcus became one very quickly and there is no reason why with SMS rocking we can't convert the rest of the family into our family club fold

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Wes Tender

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The statement confirms what I expected, but is nevertheless a comfort to hear. A very good post from Franks Cousin perfectly expresses my thoughts on it all.

 

Whereas NC will feel an obligation to try and fulfil the plan that he and Markus hatched for the club, on the face of it he carries it forward alone and I'm sure that it would make his path easier to know that we are behind him in his endeavours. It may be that some members of the Liebherr family have already begun to have a growing affection for the Club that Markus bought and enjoyed his association with, but it is to be hoped that now that they are more involved since his passing, their love of the club will burgeon. Instead of Markus' club, it is now the family business, so with luck they might have a proprietorial pride that develops.

 

I look forward to seeing some of the family sat in the directors' box this season. I'm sure they will receive a warm welcome from us.

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St Marco

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Great statement and answers pretty much what we wanted to know. The club will remain in the family and there were plans put in place. While some of our resident mongs are quick to attack nc at every turn i think the vast majority appreciate what he has done. The fact he won't give up is a good trait. But a better one is he had the intelligence to think ahead and cover the bases when unexpected things might happen. And they always do happen. So many people from our past would of used this as an excuse for failure. Nc has not done that, he has made it clear he will see it through to the end and it will only happen if we support him and the team. Judge nc on success of the football club. 1 trophy is a good indicator we are in the right hands.

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Saint Without a Halo

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The way NC is dressed and sat in this pic is unbelievably disrespectful. His relaxed posture should not be in the same statement about ML's passing away. I cannot believe the club used this. It doesnt take much to take a new picture in all black and hands behind his back does it?

 

Are you really serious?

Maybe the team should play in black for the next year too! I think NC the club and supporters have come together superbly to offer their respects to a great man, which says a lot more than any contrived photo in black ever will!

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Are you really serious?

Maybe the team should play in black for the next year too! I think NC the club and supporters have come together superbly to offer their respects to a great man, which says a lot more than any contrived photo in black ever will!

 

of course, he was being deadly serious *insert mong smiley*

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Are you really serious?

Maybe the team should play in black for the next year too! I think NC the club and supporters have come together superbly to offer their respects to a great man, which says a lot more than any contrived photo in black ever will!

 

Blimey! Don't they do irony in Dubai?

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100%Red&White

100%Red&White

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Blimey! Don't they do irony in Dubai?

 

But to be fair to 'Saint Without a Halo' and a few others you never can really tell if someone's being serious or taking the p*ss on here these days. I'm all for a bit of humour in threads on the main board but sarcasm and endless wind-ups are probably best left for the 'Muppet Show' as intended.

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Professor

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Behind the justified praise for Markus and the shock of his passing, its worth remembering that it was Cortese who took the Saints' project to ML in the first place. Not sure we know what Cortese's motivation was, but it was said that Markus agreed to spend the money, as long as Nicola ran the club. This may well be more Cortese's project than it was Markus' although impossible to carry out without ML's backing, and clearly Markus had an initial interest and we are told, a growing interest.

 

Some people may buy football clubs for power or status, some for sentimental attachment and some for other motivations, but business investment doesn't seem to be high on the list of reasons as debt is often more common than profit. Maybe we won't know until its all past history, as to why Cortese and Leibherr took on the Saints, but it does seem that we still have the prime mover sitting in the Chairman's office. If as appears to be the case, the finances are secure for the next few years this is the key factor, although presumably Nicola will be answerable in some way to the new owners of Mali (Markus' group of companies).

 

It could be even more important to Cortese now, that the team are successful, as he will want to justify the project to the Leibherr family, whereas with Markus, that stage was already passed and they probably both saw the job as a joint project. If Cortese is a little more on his own now, one thing he will want is wholehearted support from the fans.

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Under Weststand

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That was a good statement & looks like we are in safe hands, the last few days will have shown the family that they are now part of a bigger Saints Family! They will in my view also have Markus wishes & dreams in mind. Good words from NC also, he only has Southampton's interest's at heart. I truly believe that he will do all he can now to fulfil Markus wishes & aspirations, there maybe a few up's & downs along the way but we will achieve it in due coarse. WIFM

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RonManager

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I just hope we can make tomorrow a celebration of Markus life by being 110% behind the team and management and shout madly for the whole 90 minutes plus

 

WIFM

 

What, the whole wide-eyed, arm flailing, frothing at the mouth, incoherent screaming gig?

 

Don't know if I can keep that up for 90 minutes, but by God Sir, I'll give it me best!

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beatlesaint

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Did Cortese take the project to Liebherr.

 

Or was it Andrew Oldknow who too the project to Liebherr?

 

I will leave you with that thought...

 

Dont care if it was Elvis Presley who took the project to him, I'm just thankful someone did.

When you think of some of the, ahem, more shady characters that turn up at football clubs and run them I think Markus buying us was a god send.

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Pilchards

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Did Cortese take the project to Liebherr.

 

Or was it Andrew Oldknow who too the project to Liebherr?

 

I will leave you with that thought...

 

I thought my grammar was pants.....!!

 

 

Anyone whoever did take the project who cares....

 

What I do know is get some bloody new players in now as I love watching the reaction from other teams.

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dune

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Cortese really has no class. There was absolutely no need to use that statement to have a go at those who disagree with some of his policies. He cites outide parties so clearly he is meaning the press, but i'm not happy with the booking fee and the way he treated those that used the installment plan. I'm very happy that Markus's family are going to realise their fathers dream though.

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SparkySaint

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I hope we can now support Cortese as we did Markus. He is the guy who is charged with getting us to the premiership by the family and he will need support not criticism and petty squabbling. I am sure this will be a lot less fun for him than it would have been with Markus there and I'm also sure he is going to enjoy the ride a lot less than we do so let's at least make it easy for him. I, like many on here, would like to see the fans unite behind the club as we look forward - I don't care whether it's a full house saturday (although I'll be there with my 6 year-old) - but I definately want the support to be unambiguous then and for the rest of the season irrespective of the odd poor result. I think it's the least we can do - Markus' family and indeed Cortese are sacrificing a lot more than that for us.

 

I'm with you Phil. I'm pretty sure that you speak for the majority of the fans and you certainly mirror my opinions

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Faz

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Did Bobby Stokes score the winning goal in the 1976 F.A. Cup Final?

 

Or was it Sidney Poitier in a wig?

 

I will leave you with that thought...

 

That is the first time I've laughed at a post on here for 10 days. Well done sir.

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Upton72

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Dubai_Phil has it spot on; Marcus was the mentor to NC, probably channelled the more outrageous, aggressive financial instincts into something approachingan understanding of the human beings who populate SMS with all their foibles. He'll miss that voice of a gentler persuasion.

Having said that, I thought his statement was, thoughtful, emotional at times and he's quite right to talk of "outside forces" with their own agenda. He meant the media but he's not fussed about that.

I don't necessarily think he needs slack, I don't think he'd recognise it. But Dubai_Phil is right to say constructive criticism is better than *****ing.

Dubai_phil is now past caring as he's probably on Sheikh Zayed Road looking at someone in 5" stilettos.

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Well, I've learned two things from that statement. One is who is running the club now, and the other is who was running the club two weeks ago. So everything Cortese had done was sanctioned by Markus. I'm not sure whether that makes things better or worse.

 

Other than that, Cortese is clear that absolutely nothing has changed, and I guess that must include my opinions on a large number of the club's apparently misguided policies this season. We can at least see now that the photo ban clearly wasn't designed to protect anyone's appearance from scrutiny.

 

The untimely and unfortunate death of Markus, and the great debt we owe him for saving the club should not give anyone free rein to make decisions to the detriment of the fans, no matter how much justified sympathy this whole matter has evoked.

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Cortese really has no class. There was absolutely no need to use that statement to have a go at those who disagree with some of his policies. He cites outide parties so clearly he is meaning the press, but i'm not happy with the booking fee and the way he treated those that used the installment plan. I'm very happy that Markus's family are going to realise their fathers dream though.

 

I will give you £3 for every booking fee you are charged by southampton fc providing that you stop banging on about it

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Well, I've learned two things from that statement. One is who is running the club now, and the other is who was running the club two weeks ago. So everything Cortese had done was sanctioned by Markus. I'm not sure whether that makes things better or worse.

 

Other than that, Cortese is clear that absolutely nothing has changed, and I guess that must include my opinions on a large number of the club's apparently misguided policies this season. We can at least see now that the photo ban clearly wasn't designed to protect anyone's appearance from scrutiny.

 

The untimely and unfortunate death of Markus, and the great debt we owe him for saving the club should not give anyone free rein to make decisions to the detriment of the fans, no matter how much justified sympathy this whole matter has evoked.

 

 

 

Quite.

 

The references to "outside parties" in that statement is childish and worrying.

 

Let's not forget that included in that group of "outside parties" is one Matthew Le Tissier, who Cortese has decided has no place commenting on Southampton Football Club as we learnt over the summer. Let's not forget that he is the one carrying out pointless bans that gain the club nothing. He's the bully, not the bullied.

 

There's plenty of you who have decided that Cortese can do nothing wrong and is incapable of making an incorrect decision. Well bully for you.

 

 

As far as I am concerned this season should be about Southampton Football Club trying to get promoted by winning football matches.

 

Not Southampton Football club versus every single media outlet, the Football League, anyone who ever expresses any opinion and almost anyone that isn't Nicola Cortese.

 

Too much energy wasted on pointless pursuits.

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CHAPEL END CHARLIE

CHAPEL END CHARLIE

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"I can confirm to our supporters that ownership of Southampton Football Club shall remain solely within Markus' family's personal interests" - Nicola Cortese .

 

 

No one with even a ounce of sensitivity would want to bother the Liebherr family at this exceptionally difficult time , but it has to be said that tonight we don't really know which specific member (or members) of the extended Liebherr family actually owns our club . As dedicated supporters of this great club it's surely not out of order for SFC fans to wonder who really is 'at the helm' of their club and to ask what course they intend to steer .

 

In the fullness of time I hope the club come out with a unambiguous official statement clearly detailing what the precise ownership arrangements of Southampton Football Club now are .

 

It remains my opinion that it is important that information of that nature should be a matter of record for all sporting clubs .

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Dark Munster

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"outside parties"

 

probabaly some of the idiots on here, DBP to name but one

Here's another....

 

Cortese really has no class. There was absolutely no need to use that statement to have a go at those who disagree with some of his policies. He cites outide parties so clearly he is meaning the press, but i'm not happy with the booking fee and the way he treated those that used the installment plan. I'm very happy that Markus's family are going to realise their fathers dream though.
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The references to "outside parties" in that statement is childish and worrying.

 

Let's not forget that included in that group of "outside parties" is one Matthew Le Tissier, who Cortese has decided has no place commenting on Southampton Football Club as we learnt over the summer.

 

You seem to have forgotten what Cortese actually said. Le Tissier really shouldn't have made his comments when it was a question posed on unsubstantiated rumours. Matt should have told the journalist exactly that and made no comment on the Pardew situation.

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